καταπολεμ-έω,
war down, i.e. exhaust by war, reduce, [[ τὴν Πελοπόννησον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7, compare 4.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 7.1.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: present, attempt to subdue, [[ ἐγκλήμασι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐλπίζοντες αὐτὴν [τὴν πόλιν] [[ καταπεπολεμῆσθαι [prev\. author] 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Mx.” 243c, 243d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II simply, make war against, τινα [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Piet.” 54: _absolutely_ ] Refs 1st c.BC+], carry on warfare, [[ τοῖς ὅλοις Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Caesar” 26 ] Refs 1st c.AD+].